git-commit-helper

A tool for reviewing code changes and creating Git commits, which are saved snapshots of a project's history. It drafts commit messages and can run the commit.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when you want to save progress, create a commit, or commit completed changes. It helps review the current differences, group files, and write descriptive commit messages.
Why use it?
It removes the need to inspect changed files and decide how to describe them every time you save work. It can also help separate unrelated changes into clear commits.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/adrielp/ai-engineering-harness/git-commit-helper
Any agent
npx skills add adrielp/ai-engineering-harness --skill git-commit-helper
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/adrielp/ai-engineering-harness

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 44 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,302 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00044 $0.01302
Opus 5 $0.00022 $0.00651
Sonnet 5 $0.00009 $0.00260
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00130

Measured 2d ago against content hash 42df071d45de, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

git-commit-helper scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

claude/skills/git-commit-helper/SKILL.md · 201 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 201 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Git Commit Helper

When to Use This Skill

Activate this skill when the user:

  • Explicitly asks to "commit" their changes
  • Says "save my work" or "save these changes"
  • Says "create a commit" or "make a commit"
  • Asks you to commit after completing implementation work
  • Mentions they want to save progress to git

Core Process

Step 1: Analyze Current State

Run these commands in parallel to understand the changes:

git status                    # See all changed files
git diff                      # View modifications
git diff --staged            # View staged changes
git log --oneline -n 5       # Check recent commit style

Step 2: Plan Your Commits

Think about:

  • What changed: Review the conversation history to understand what was accomplished
  • Logical grouping: Which files belong together?
  • Clear messages: Draft descriptive commit messages in imperative mood
  • Why over what: Focus on the purpose of changes, not just the mechanics

Consider whether changes should be:

  • One commit: If all changes are part of a single logical unit
  • Multiple commits: If there are distinct, separable changes (e.g., refactoring + new feature)

Step 3: Present Your Plan

Show the user a clear plan before executing:

I plan to create [N] commit(s) with these changes:

Commit 1:
Files: [list specific files]
Message: [proposed commit message in imperative mood]

[Commit 2, 3, etc. if multiple...]

Shall I proceed?

Important:

  • Be specific about which files go in each commit
  • Show the complete commit message you'll use
  • Wait for user confirmation

Step 4: Execute Upon Confirmation

Once the user approves:

# Add specific files (NEVER use -A or .)
git add path/to/file1.js path/to/file2.ts

# Create commit with planned message
git commit -m "Your planned message here"

# Show the result
git log --oneline -n [number of commits you created]

Never use:

  • git add -A
  • git add .
  • git commit -a

Read the full file on GitHub · 201 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 201 lines · 44 tokens per session scan A 42df071d45de

Subscribe to this mod's changes

git-commit-helper is a skill published in the GitHub repository adrielp/ai-engineering-harness (20 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 44 tokens to every session and 1,302 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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